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Ebates, which is backed by Rakuten, has acquired Shopular. Financial terms weren’t announced. Redwood City, California-based Shopular is a mobile product discovery app that alerts users to relevant deals and coupons when they are near their favorite stores.
3 min read · 28 March 2016
Cyberpost said Friday it raised $1.5 million in seed funding. It did not disclose the private investors. Cyberpost, of Toronto, is a video and virtual mail system.
3 min read · 28 March 2016
TPG said Sunday that it appointed Joel Thickins as Country Head of Australia. He takes over the role from Ben Gray, who will stay with TPG until the end of the year. Thickins most recently served as a Director at CHAMP.
2 min read · 28 March 2016
Kreditech said Thursday it raised 10 million euros (US$11.2 million) in funding from International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of World Bank Group, bringing its total Series C round to 92.7 million euros ($103.6 million). Hamburg-based Kreditech in September raised 82.5 million euros as part of the Series C led by J.C. Flowers & Co. and including Peter Thiel, Amadeus Capital Partners, as well as existing shareholders Värde Partners, Blumberg Capital and HPE Growth Capital. Kreditech is a consumer finance technology company.
3 min read · 24 March 2016
2 min read · 24 March 2016
In Second Opinion, vacuum maker Dyson is reportedly working on an electronic car, Tivo is in merger talks with Rovi and Garry Shandling has passed away.
1 min read · 24 March 2016
Soasta said Thursday that it raised $30 million in debt funding led by Tennenbaum Capital. Also participating were existing investors Canaan Venture Partners, Pelion Venture Partners and Formative Ventures. Mountain View, California-based Soasta provides performance analytics.
4 min read · 24 March 2016
Civalue said March 24 it closed a $2.4 million seed round from Nielsen Innovate, Mac Fund, a Korean – Israeli fund, Deutsche Telekom and other investors. Civalue, of Yokneam, Israel, provides customer insight and personalization software for grocery, health and beauty retailers.
3 min read · 24 March 2016
Domo said Tuesday is raised another $131 million to its Series D round at a sustained valuation of $2 billion. Existing investors from Domo's last funding announcement plus Credit Suisse and other new investors also joined the round. American Fork, Utah-based Domo provides a so-called “business cloud” or an open, self-service platform for businesses.
2 min read · 24 March 2016
Zodiac said Thursday it raised $3 million in seed funding led by First Round Capital. Metamorphic Ventures and others also invested. Zodiac is developing a predictive analytics solution that aims to forecast individual customer lifetime value.
3 min read · 24 March 2016
